Appliance for playing an improved card game



July 3, 1923.

1,460,485 A. E. HARVEY APPLIANCE FQR PLAYING AN IMPROVED CARD GAME Filed Dec. 31. 1919 OILS lswma. PARVALUE 8 ISHAREI PARVALUE G A.E .HARVE \NVENT R.

Patented July 3, 1923.

:um're sr TE'S ALBERT EnwAnn-nanvE-Y, or STREETLEY, NGLAND, AssIGNon or ONE-HALF TO enonen EDWARD romms, or BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND; i

APPLIANCE FOR PLAYING AN nvr'rnovnn CARD GAME. I

Application filed December 31, 1919. Serial l 1'o. 34i8,714. I I

T 0 all whom it mag concern: a 1 Be it knownthat I, ALBERT EDWARD HAR- VEY, 3, subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Ranworthg f Middleton Road, Streetley, in theficounty of Stafford, England, have. invented-a new andusefullmprovement in Appliances'for. Playing an Improved Card Game; and I .do hereby d6- clare the following tovbe'a full, clear, and

This invention has reference to appliances for playing an improved card game.

Tlie game is based on the operations of ,thestock exchange or'the stock and share market andis primarily designed as -a game of chance. for; two or more players wherein the marketfluctuations of stocks or shares are determined; by means of; quotation. cards. 1 The. actual packof cards for playing the said game may be varied both in number and designation according to different requirements but the basis of the 7 game and the pack remain the same.

It is desirable to distinguish the present card game from the card game familiarly known in this country as Pit, wherein the pack of cards comprises a plurality of suits,

all the cards containing distinctive designations, all the cards of a suit being alike and all the suits being difierent.

The present invention consists of a pack of playing cards for playing an improved card game, said pack comprising a plurality of stock or share cards, and a plurality of quotation cards, the latter bearing a determined relation in value to the stock or share cards.

As a means of describing the presentinvention I propose to describe one pack of cards which may be employed for playing the game, and also to briefly indicate the method of playing the game, but I wish it to be understood that considerable modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the two types of playing card which comprise the complete game set or playing pack.

Fig. 1 illustrates two of the stock or share cards, and

Fig. 2 illustrates three of the quotation cards.

Preferably the quotation cards which increase the par value of the stock or share cards are printed in one colour, say red,

while the quotation cards decrease the par value ,ofthe stock or share cards are printed insay black, morover suitable pictorial illustrationsmay be embodied in the design of the-stock or;share cards.

'A'pack of cards according to the vpresent invention comprisessay six sets orblocks of stock and share cards one set orblock being designated- Shipping'and'marked with par'value of $10, the second set: being designated Motors and marked with a par value of 9 510,v the third set being designated- Gold and marked witha par value,of;$8, the fourth set" being designated Oil and marked with a par value :of$8, the fifth set being designated Copper andmarked with a par value of $6 and the sixth set being designated :Rails" and marked with a par value of.$6. :The' quotation cards which comprise the-remainder'of the pack each have markings thereon such as :par, Up 1, Up 2, Up 3, Up 4, Up 5 and Up 6, Up 50%, Up double, Par plus 1 bonus share, Down 3, Down 4, and Down 5, Down 50%, No change, and Smash, the number of each kind of quotation cards can be varied to suit different requirements.

The preferred method of playing the game is as. follows One of the players first acts as broker and has possession of the pack of cards. He then lays out on the table the six sets or blocks of stock or share cards which as stated are each marked with a par value. Eachplayer in turn is now given an opportunity of a purchasing choice of one or more of the said shares tobe paid for bymeans of counters representative of money values at a price which is subsequently determined by the relation that the quotation card now dealt by the broker bears to the particular set or block of shares which the player has chosen. In other words the first buying of shares is a speculative buying based on an initially unknown value the said valuebeing determined after choice by, the value put upon the share chosen by the quotation card which is dealt relative to the par value of the stock or share card. For example, assuming a players (buyers) initial choice to have been gold shares having a par value of $8 and the'quotation card dealt relative thereto by'tlie broker to be marked Up 1. this player will have to pay to the broker $9 in respect to each gold' sharebought, The second buying does not ownl, Down 2,

take place until after a further deal of quotation cards relative to each set or block of shares has been made by the broker, this gives the buyer an opportunity of correcting his initial speculative purchase or of buy ing other shares on a low market, for example, assuming the quotation card is now dealt relatively to motors to be marked Down the buyercould purchase motor shares having a par value of at $5 each. The buying of shares has now been completed, and the stock or share cards bought are. now held by or credited to each buyer. A further deal of quotation cards relatively to the sets or blocks of stock or share cards now takes place, and after this dealthe broker pays the buyer for the shares he has bought, for example, assuming that on the third deal the quotation card Up 3 is dealth relatively to the gold shares and the card Down 2 is dealt relatively to the motor shares, the broker would have to pay the buyer $11 ($8 $3) per share in respect of all gold shares he has bought, and $8 ($l0$2) per share in respect of all the motor shares he has bought.

In' order to even up the chances of the game a number of quotation cards marked Smash are introduced which when they occur in the deal cause the buyer to lose all his purchase of that particular share. Conversely, if the quotation card designated Par plusl bonus share should be dealt the buyer can purchase or obtain double value for each of his shares. The game is primarily intended for two or more players, and is played with counters as representative of money values.

Preferably for aiding the understanding and reading of the quotation cards, the designations on the cards indicative of a rise are coloured, say red; and the designations of the cards indicative of a fall are coloured say blue. printed so as to read from both the top and the bottom of the card to facilitate observation by both the broker and the buyers.

What I claim is 2- A game set comprising two packs of cards, one pack consisting of a plurality of stockcards having designated thereon the par value of the stock, the other pack consisting of a plurality of quotation cards, said quotation cards determining the market value in play of the stock cards.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT EDWARD HARVEY.

Further the quotation cards are 

